THE ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ENCOURAGES YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THESE PROGRAMS…..JANUARY 27th NEW MEXICO STATEHOOD CENTENNIAL 1912-2012 SUNDAY JANUARY 29, 2:00 p.m.
“We Have No More Heart”: Mescalero Apache Removal, Genocide, and Remembrance
Holocaust & Intolerance Museum of New Mexico , 616 Central Avenue SW Albuquerque
Sponsored by the Office of the State Historian and the Historical Society of NM
For decades scholars of history have studied and explored the Navajos’ Long Walk and forced incarceration by the United States government during the 1860s at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, shedding new light on the atrocities committed there.
The Mescalero Apaches unique narrative at the Bosque, however, remains largely ignored by modern historians. In this lecture, M. Grace Hunt Watkinson, a master’s student at West Chester University in Pennsylvania in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, delves exclusively into the story of the Mescalero Apaches at Bosque Redondo. Grace sheds light on the horrific conditions at the Bosque and explores aspects of the Mescalero chronicle. She also analyzes the challenges of obtaining objective truth from government records and highlights the importance of native testimony when studying genocide in any form. Ultimately, through Grace’s examination of indigenous oral histories, government documents, and the records of Indian agents and the New Mexican citizenry, she reveals a paper trail of government and military stereotyping used not only to validate violence and cultural genocide against the Apache people but also to alter the public image and treatment of the Mescalero Apaches for decades to come.
About the Scholar:
Originally from South Georgia, Margery Grace Hunt Watkinson obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Georgia in 2008. She is currently finishing her Master of Arts in holocaust and genocide studies at West Chester University in Pennsylvania where she resides with her husband Mark. She plans on pursuing her PhD in history, beginning in the fall of 2012, specializing in Native American genocide.
The Office of the State Historian is a division of the State Records Center and Archives. Among the projects administered by the Office of the State Historian is the New Mexico history website, www.newmexicohistory.org. Research is conducted in archival repositories in the state including the State Records Center and Archives; the Center for Southwest Research at UNM; the Fray Angelico History Library; the Rio Grande Collections Archive at New Mexico State University; and others.
ONGOING
LOS LUNAS MUSEUM OF HERITAGE & ARTS, 251 MAIN ST. SE, (near the water tower) 353-7720www.loslunasnm.gov
JANUARY 21 – MARCH 24, 2012
New Mexico’s role in obstructing the Confederate’s Westward expansion during the Civil War.
SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 2-4 PM, LOS LUNAS MUSEUM OF HERITAGE & ARTS FEBRUARY 4, Centennial Presentation, Baldwin Burr-President of the Valencia County Historical Society
SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 1PM, INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER, 2401 12TH ST. NW
100 Years of State & Federal Policy: The impact on Pueblo Nations
www.indianpueblo.org/100years
WEBSITES OF NOTE
www.newmexicohistory.org/centennial.
It is from the State Historian’s office and it deals specifically with the 1910 New Mexico Constitution. It has photos & bios of all the delegates to the 1910 constitutional convention along with the text of the 1910 constitution, the 2012 amended NM constitution and a piece by the Legislative Council Services describing all the changes to the Constitution over the last 100 years. There is also info on president Taft and much more.
Also the ABQ Public Library has a huge web site devoted to the Centennial and NM History. There are links to all sorts of material. www.cabq.gov/library.
CONTINUED EXHIBITS OF LOCAL & NEW MEXICO HISTORY
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW in Old Town, free parking at lot south of Museum. (Give parking space number to Museum cashier).
FACES FROM OUT PAST, FACING THE FUTURE: ALBUQUERQUE AND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
ALBUQUERQUE CELEBRATES 2012
More information: www.cabq.gov/museum
New Mexico’s African American Legacy photo panels at the African American Performing Arts Center at Expo NM, 320 San Pedro NE. Exhibit through April 14, 2012. Parking adjacent to the building should be free. If not indicate you are going to the Performing Arts Center.
NEW MEXICO JEWISH PIONEER FAMILIES: IMMIGRATION AND OCCUPATIONS OF OUR EARLY NM JEWISH PIONEERS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 5520 Wyoming NE. Open evenings. A group of photograph panels tell the story of many German speaking European families who came to New Mexico in the 1850′s when it was a territory. The panels continue with family histories into the 1920′s. www.nmjewishhistory.org
CENTENNIAL TEACHERS RESOURCE GUIDE
Visit the web sites of the New Mexico Historical Society, www.hsnm.org and the Albuquerque Historical Society, www.albuqhistosoc.org, to see the free Centennial Teachers Resource Guide. The Guide has four sections on New Mexico History and 4th & 7th grade lesson plans. The sections are:
New Mexico’s Long Road to Statehood
New Mexico’s County Courthouses
The Boundaries of New Mexico
New Mexico’s Governors since 1912
SPONSOR A CLASSROOM SET OF JANUARY 2012 CENTENNIAL NEW MEXICO MAGAZINES
If you would like to help the history department of a local high school or middle school, the ABQ Historical Society in cooperation with the New Mexico Magazine, is seeking sponsors for classroom sets of the January 2012 New Mexico Magazine. The magazine may be purchased in sets of 30 for $75 or 40 for $100. Your sponsorship could honor a school, business, former teacher, or relative who appreciated New Mexico history. For more information contact Janet Saiers, 299-5019.
OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE NEW MEXICO CENTENNIAL www.nmcentennial.org
OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE HISTORIAN’S OFFICE www.newmexicohistory.org
SANTA FE EXHIBITS
GOOD MORNING NEW MEXICO art exhibit of 33 paintings–one for every NM County; State Land Office Lobby, 310 Old Santa Fe Trail. Open from 9-5 except building closed from 12 noon – 1pm.
HISTORIC NEW MEXICO MAPS, “Culture & Cartography on the Road to Statehood” GOVERNOR’S GALLERY — 4TH FLOOR, CAPITAL BUILDING
47 STAR FLAG EXHIBIT, NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM
For more information contact Janet Saiers at 299-5019 or jsaiers@msn.com
